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VOL. 1-- O. 20$. I"TI ..IIA . T [iS1. . ,. I. 9. 1 . PRICE FIVE CENTS
FAI NO REAC AGREEMENT
Peace Treaties Will Not Be Recognized Unless Based on Right and Justice
JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVES
MEET WITH PRES. WILSON
Demand That They Be Given Shantung.
Says China's Claims Are Selfish. Sen
timent Is That Pres. Wilson is Facing
Another Grave Situation
(Special United Press Wire to The Bulletin,)
Paris, April 29.-Japanese delegates atd tilhe "big
threo" failed to reach an agreennt reglardig terri
torial concessions in China. Japan refused to make any
concessions other than to abandon claim to. Kiao Chau,
insisting on retaining the rich railway and( other (011
cessions in the Shan Tung peninsula and a north port
hilat was not lanile 111i tlhe
alllnOUnlCelel1t.
The finial decision will not
be made until after the
treaty with Germany has been
signed.
It is predicted that the controversy
between Japan and China will reach
a climax today. The Japanese rep
resentatives have decided on a show
down and are insisting on their
rights to the valuable concession:
in the Shan Tung peninsula, which
they say are given them by terms of
a secret treaty with Great Britain.
It is.now thought that President
Wilson will take the same position
in this matter as he did on the Ital
ian question. It is generally acceptcd
that the president's statement last
week concerning the Italian claims
is intended to apply to all nations
who attempt to exceed the terms ol
the armistice.
Japanese Demand Shan Tung.
The Japanese representatives meet
ing President Wilson prior to con
ference are reported to have laid all
cards on the table and demanded that
they be given Shan Tung. Because of
the secret treaty with England, the
Japanese believe that Britain must
sulpport their claims, if she wishes
to redeem her pledges.
The .lapanese say that China's
claims to Shan T'ung are selfish and
untenable; they declare that China
was willing for Germany to retain
possession of Kiao Chau and that
the fact that Shan Tung was taken
during the war does not invalidate
the Japanese claim.
The sentiment in Paris is that
President Wilson is facing another
grave situation and it is believed that
he will have to make another mo
mentous decision in the next few
days, as he refuses to recognize
seolet. treaties unless they are based
on right and justice.
Fiume, April 28.-National coun
cil has sent a telegram to Wilson
notifying him that Fiume had form
ally declared itself united with Italy.
The message said:
"The population of Fiume, assem
bled under Italian law, in presence
of representatives of the glorious
Ame.rican army, replied to your
proclamation by conferring full
power over the city upon the repre
sentatives of the Italian government.
In the name of our dead on the Piave
and the Isonzo, we express to you
our greatest gratitude for provoking
with your attitude the highest, most
solemn manifestation in favor of
Italian sentiment which this city
could make before the whole world.
We inform you that Fiume's union
with Italy is an accomplished fact."
Wasliington, April 29. - Labor
clauses which the Paris conference
adopted yesterday for insertion in
the peace treaty have been an
nounced by the state department.
The clauses declare that the wage
earners' well being supreme, and of
national importance, and declare for
right of organization by labor, eight
hour day and equal pay for women
and men. Among other reforms for
which labor has fought.
WASIINGTON, D. C,,
GETS FIRST MEETING
(Special United Press Wire.)
Paris, April 29.-Great Britain
is reported to have agreed that
the first meeting of the league of
nations shall be held in Washing
ton with President Wilson pre
siding. Article 5 provides that
the initial meeting shall be called
by the Liregident of the United
States. i, " .
BIGAMOUNT
GIVEN IN
LOAN
First Day's Victory Loan
Drive Is Huge Success.
Over Quarter Million Sub
scribed.
Victory dollars to the amount of
$251,350 were subscrribed yesterday
to the fifth governlmelt loanl, aIccord
ing to annou1clllcents lllmade at head
quarters thill: morning. 'ihe somin
mllentioned include. only the subS( rip
tions reported by Ihe volunteer w\ork
ers on the streets alid in various es
tablishments and does not includi
thousands of dollars in subsript lion:
mlade through baniks, nor dloes it in
clude tilhe voluntary stubscriptions b
tile large corporatiolils of the city.
Efnthusiasm oxor 1lie Victorr loan
was intense yesterday through the so
licitations of the hlllundrOds of voluni
teer workers, who took subscripltions
fromn pedestrians an(1 reached itb
climax la st night whi1n the Elks' mlin
strels staged a rollicking entertain
ment at Broadway and Main streets.
while the Butte Mutsic club rendered l
1i concerll(t fr'om a tColllilOlary stage at
P'ark anlld Main.
Minstrels licke Hit.
The minstrel slow attracted ihun-
drleds- of people and a roar of laughter
took the place of fright whlln a fire
departlelnt truck dl'shed down Mainl
street amidst great excitemenlt in theI
character of a taxicab for Will Magill
and Howard Melntyre, endlmene, in
the roles; of Afro-Amelrican firemien.
At the sing conductecd by the miusic I
club, patriotic songs and choruses
took thI] place of the vaudll'ille
staged by the Elks. Between nur'1
bers addresses in favor of the Victory
loan were m11ade.
Fire Chief Martoi1 reported thil
llmmbers of the lire departlmenlt worte
coming to the front with subs:crllp
tions for the loan and declared that
by the time the drive ended his dc
partilent would shrow 100 per cenllt
subscribers. Chief of Police Murphy
said considerable ilnterest was being
taken in the loan by members of hi
departmnent and other city officials
declared the total subscriptions from
the city depa)rtments would be larger
than for previous l( ans.
Four G.l, iichnets.
Four of tile G2 orde1rs for captured
Cerman hAIlnletas were preellnted by
loan subscribers yesterday. The or
ders were drolppeld front airplanes in
flight over the oily Sunday. The
lucky ones were Jlames WV. Dudgeon.
1215 West Cold stlreet W.. T.III- Vin
cent, Centerville: M1rs. Saim Derve\
and A. H. Heilbronllwr.
The drive continiled today and will)
end tomllorrow night, by which till)'
it is expected that the ~entirt quota
for Butte will have been raised. The
Elks' minstrel shorw and the concert
,of the Butte MIusit club will be re
pcated again this evening and tomor
row evening, while the four-minute
men will make addresses .at all pic
ture shows and public gatherings.
The corps of 500 volunteer workers
were busy on the streets today and
reported great success.
ENGINEERS ARRIVE.
(Special United Press Wire.)
New York, Apr l 29.-The Eigh
teenth engineers of the coast troops
have arrived at Arahlport, Tex.
NORTH BUTTE COMPANY ADOPTS BONUS SYSTEM
HE HA TES TO THINK OF WORK
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FATHE, MOHER AD BROD O
NINE MALLYOUNGTERSFOUN
PITIUL PIGH BY OL
GERMAN PEACE
DELEGATION
ARRIVES
Delegates to Receive Peace
Treaty Friday. Question
of German War Prisoners
Will Be First Matter.
(Special l'niled I're.ns Wire.)
Versailles, April i.. --iighly-five
Imemnibers of the Germritin p]eaIce dele
gation arriivced by Sateci;al train and
wer' taken to the ItollI des RIesor
voirs in mnotor bulssess. .The party
included 14 womlen snlllgrl'l phers
who were very ill at c;ae under the
curious stares of the villaggetrs and
the glare of the flashlights of th(
gendarlnes. Accordinlg t h lhe pro
grain at present timlll', the German'll
delegates will receive tle p,,ace
treaty Friday.
The question of German war pris
o.ners is believed to l(. first llattier
that will be dealt with Iby the deb -
gation. It is said that tIlis que.> lon
has already been settled by the c('aun
cil of foreign ministers a:nd that
enemy prisoners will bie released in I
thie saute protportionl lt (that Germany
furnishes the civilian labor demntd
ed by the peace treaty.
SAVES RITCHIE
FROM KNOCKOUT1
Newark. N. J.. April 29---Willis
Ritchie of San Fransico was savedl
by the referee from a knockout at
lthe hands of Itenny Leonard, light
,wsight champion, 40 seconds before
the end of the eighth round of a
bout here last night. Ritchie ;eas
in thle floor when the match was
stopped.
Leonard received credit for a
technical knockout.
lRitchie fought gamely throughout
the contest, which was fast all the
way. Leonard floored him in the
seclond round and punished hilll
severely in the seventh. The men
had nereed to weigh in at 3 o'clock
at 142 pounds, but Ritchie weighed
138% and Leonard 136. Each was
i probably a pound heavier at ring
time.
Family on SoU ti_ 1idie With
Weekly Income of $24 Is
Harassed by a Grasping
Bill Collection Agency.
W ilh xi wife aind wilno childrxn to
support. ;I wVI k \i ige of $2.1
\i'h n hI x clis lu1111 :ine ---a sq al;l i
three-room lliac tII Southl (hi!
Str.et to li\r ift alnd 'l top of tlhtn , I1;
ai\c hii:; lpay stopxix by garn'lishl !( hi
lroc('xe( in"gs i.tlitul h' ay grasp. l sli
',llex tioi i nx .vcy. i: i,'. lot of at l-alt
i MP on xl.lOxIil. frt (; 0'zn of Biill('.
accorling to ;c sord (i0 :lc of povertyl
ind.ddbiat -.0 alich !. reachled lih
tars of ('c!y .\ltorin' , ( olrge 'I' ool,.
Th i plight of the I.. lily was 'aill-d
to tilt' xtiixilion oi \ttorney ''oole
', ' 'lxrdl;ay orninx l. lllned(iate ill
v t igatioi n by thi t ,l licial blroulht
out. thii le fth, x i rough sxi ieslli:
i,1nx ilxabiliy to l ; tally eipiloy-
ix'llxt, tiliil' er iki x xx tion xhad l'e
xcx iric i'l dc-bI for ;, L. (01'y Iill it tal
inn ?261. .\lthouel, llt nine nsmall
children of the f;nxii ,re barefooted
( ica e orf lack oI l . h, unllgry .be
ta-, of the sxar!! , 0od and shii -
tui!, wi i fl le i co xl ,caulse of ilh
lael: of lp'xrpelxr cl.,h Ihe colleiicti :
ag1.., n;.y iii xl li lin Iontana:
M11elx .!',, i;gencyi, h offices in
hat'e (,I Ii ' 'an iilt Batremanx
who livel upl to hi !c by baiting
pioor, xlh':i 'tunaI ' til , --last week
securl] ;'x i exxcx i i, li nd attached
t x' : , P'.. xxs , !. of the poor
',i. x x:.r x ( ''. 1 'ecui'e hall
C(OnlxtcOd ic a " Threes
SENATORS l[ 11[E
TO BE AUTIOUS
(S t"'1 ,, ; I i,, , I , n W ire.)
Wi.u,_1,1 I 29.-Re
pulllixan !,ai r i urged cau
tion iq x Ix ' l' xt I .,l members
inl 1 ,e - 't !' ,cussing the
leagl' (,! x,; ,vcnant. Sen
ators lx.,id,i . xI Republican
Iatlxder \\ iii . ('lively, sent
the f!.hll ..!: '.' ix to all their
iparty 5ill,, suggest re
lpulliican ,rive final ex
pression oi ,'i', , respecting
amended 1 ,:x:', ,venant until
late ." . .i I: xily studied,
until lxhI 1t ... , n opportun
ily for xx 'xi!I ' I , ,
SITUATION GROWS
TENSE IN
ITALY
U. S. Ambassador Holds
Conference With Premier
Orlando. To Present Con
troversy to Parliament.
(.l,oc i; t I'I i, d Pt ~ ,ir, .)
Ji ilni', . II1I! I I . Timisll i Nelson
PageI , A:tll lrli(.; L ;u IIIb l.sadoi' to italy,
ihad ti lI ( it 11I Oil'((ee i wilih Pr tllie
Orlant . (,, \'.I hi'h mll luch significanc',
is a t.,o,.i,.d. 'i'lTh >ituatioll is tense
and I bt.I oll, ' a ,re anxitously await
ing Ih(" otrl(."oitn of thle deliberations
of Itl . parliamnInt.
t'li i.lll id r'lt l porli- are (lircluL lllig.
toat ()Iqa llndlo will presn.,( t both his
and Ih,. ,lli'd side iof Ilite controveir
sy tI 1ncl umi;l 'n t and allow thati
lodey i, cihjoo)se' h tw(,ee them. It is
saidl Ih<' 1)rem'lior left Paris convinced
that iiu. , iiould not Chi:ili sancti on of
alli i' flr Italys ,lai :iu to I illn ax nd
tlhul hi inllentled to lay tfir olre par-d
|li hi','n l ta romprln i. i ( tl ()r whereby
Ittii. woi uld get till lonc(ll ssio s given
I ir by the l ,iu ti le urti, which al -
ot her a p t il o·l l 1)t IIall utii but
Hu l tin lun.
tO ti 11 t1 ii.
SOMEONE SENDS
"OLE" A PRESENT
S r a t t l , A ' , r . 1 .. . 1 , i n f l' r ' a l
Snullin. of :1 Iit nt -ir , Ltd poW er)
to blow out ti.n it side of the city
and (olutyl w':ld! ig \,,a. dis1-o\('red('
ill mail auiti <d to Miaiior llainu dll
ye. tlrday. l \t tt s oI pen c d ill theI
tayor's of'ie, . but lailed (o explode,
although th,' a contahier holding
sulphuri "cidi .'- dd( igln d'to set oft'
the bomb iv:_, ,,en. The machine
was sent ol'tl, i ',, F 1or'k, according
Ito tht, postelli in
IllOT'IN(. I I1.EN. .1.
(Special I uii ,d Press W ire.)
London. April :.,f.-- Twelve per
sonl were killed and mia.y injured
in riots in Vienna. according to dis
pa tclh es r(-,c ive., hl .re.
UNDERGROUND MEN OF LOCAL*
INDUSTRY PAID EXTRA TODAY
Manager Braley Makes Announcement
of the New Plan. Employes Given
Surprise in Pay Envelopes. To Take
in All Workmen at Mines
I i Buite Ilt(dy Ifor 11t first time in the history of the
nainiing illlusl ry, e('lnplyes( of a mining company were
paid hoinises in addition in thlir regular weekly wages.
T'l new systeem, wlnieh it is believed will eventually
he estalblished by all mining conipanlies tlhroughout the
eoiiulry, wvaS 1)11u inll operatioll yeslterday by the North
CITY UNDER
MARTIAL
LAW
Strike of Eight "Hello"
Girls Starts Something;
8,000 Miners Will Stay in
Town and See Finish.
lilton, lid., April 29.- - tMarilial
lmolnllilng to pr0vIl vioilence in (coil
I(ectioin witlh efforts" o)f t11e local
c1ntral labor lunion to delport eight
strikme-)reaking "hiillo girls." Sol
liers and (police, l talrolledl the streets,
dilsprsinlg crow(s whiclh haid col
lot(t'd in small g'roups. A conipalny
of 'terra hlaute militia arrived this
uininljg to take charge of 11the situ
Th' iiroluble sturted whnll eight
telhiihone olperators quit Thursdaiy,
jillli.l l(ll t '. mg( ) tli n l mull i gI)lltli. lt
Icr;,[ed wages a hol r :lotl'l workingl
hours. le ighlt sitl lil t i k tiie wertel
Iroughi rotl lt Indl nli t!aoI i- anld labor
l('n rose il protesl l ('i ight Ihou;tsandtl
inin'r:. onstituting the larger part
if tihe popIiulation, quit workl today
ic.e notifiI the (l, icompan y if the tele
phonels wiere ollt rmiollved within 24
lhours tly woIuld throw them in tllt
st rl( t('s.
Tihe Evansville militia was ordered
this afterlnoon tO com110 herle o gi\e
ill. ]lioolluington lims also been
ordered Ito mobilize. It is tlearned
that the miners. who l quit work to
vatlch the telepho()! strike develop
inents, oit tine(dlt a supply of rifles
ad atinunjition. Several were ort
rested in connectlion with i demonstra
tion by the laboring iclass. SoIme
men were also at n IrreIstd for hissingtr
soldiers. All lm iion stores are
unlltil 1lh troublel is settled with th'
Sttrikin g operl tors.
FORTY PERSONS KILLED
IN SAN SAVADOR QUAKE
\\tashini. n. April 29 !.- Forty
erty ildamag ll he wS willing tseo re
earthll ua i .s in SaIl n altcdoer wyester
day, nl rdil to --late departm g eneralt
advices. 'he \morican legation,
though dnntaed, is still standing.
N o A mIiri 'an,- ar" li:ted in the (as
ualties s') f;.r.
WO['LI) I ESU)IM ' CONFERENCES.
( Spetial ['nite'd Press W ire.)
D)enver, April 29.-Walter Hiner,
director .e.neral of the railroads, an
nlunced tlhar he was willing to re
sutue11 (',nferenles on prices with the
industrial board at a definite date in
lan eiforl to inaugurate a general
price reduction.
Buitle Miining company and
all men employed under
P1'Oull1d oil the company's
prI(l' ti 's at the Speculator
and (ranite Mountain shafts and at
thei Sarsfield tunnel today were giv
en thi be nefit of the bonus system.
According to Manager Norman Bral
ey. the bonus arrangement of the
North Butte company as at present
conosittlled afflects only those men
'lloyed utnderground: the ar
irangllllent, however, he said, will be
'st ended wvilhin the next few months
until every enmploye of the company
in whatever capacity employed will
re'ceive its benefits. Approximately
two-thirds of the company's em
ployves are underground workers.
Empnloyes Get Surprise.
Today being pay day for the week
enlldinig last \Wednesday, many em
iployes of the company who drew
their wages today were given the
agreenble surprise of finding more
moiney in their envelopes than they
had expected. No announcement of
th.le adoption of the bonus system was
madei until yesterday, following a
conference between Manager Braley,
Sucperintendent Lester Frink and
P'rcsident Robert Linton of the com
pany, who had arrived from New
York.
"Tl'he adoption of the bonus system
by the North Butte company," said
BManage'r Braley today, "marks, in
my ol)inion, a long step forward to
ward giving satisfaction to 'the men
employed by the company. Under
this systeml all the miners and other
nlll rIgrlound milploycs that it affects
are sure of their weekly wages based
ion the scale for an average day's
work, atnd in addition, where they do
better are paid extra for it.
"The adoption of the system was
wholly voluntary on the part of the
companlly, and is a surprise to the
greater majority of the employes, al
though the plan has been under con
sidcration by the company for
monthls. Tlhe bonus is being paid to
day on work done last week."
Abolish Favoritism.
It was learned that for months
past officials of the company had
been minaking investigations of the
amount of given work accomplished
in various operations in the mine in
one shift. T'he same work under
varying conditions was investigated
and an average for the mine set. This
average constitutes what the com
Ipany officials estimate as an aver
age day's work. All employes who
do more than the average are given
credit for such extra work and are
paid bonuses accordingly.
Another new departure introduced
by the North Butte company recent
ly is the abolition of favoritism oe
seniority in making appointments of
shift bosses. Under the direction
(Continued on Page Three.h
THREE AMERICAN
SOLDIERS KILLED
(Special United Press Wire.)
London, April 29-Three Amer
ican soldiers were killed in a clash
with South African negro troops
at a cantonment 62 miles south
east of London, last night. The
riot was quelled by British troops.
The Evening News denies the
reported clash between American
and negro troops, saying that
there was some "horse-play," but
no one killed or badly injured.